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The Vote in Montenegro

Updated June 13, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

E veryone who likes a happy ending wants Montenegro to do well. The tiny Balkan state should be able to democratize, open up to the outside world and shed its statist legacy. Above all, it should have the freedom to pursue these goals without the bloodshed that has accompanied attempts by other states to escape Slobodan Milosevic's grip in former Yugoslavia. The jury is still out, alas, on whether Montenegro will be so lucky.

Municipal elections on Sunday were inconclusive. The party of Montenegro's pro-Western President...